National Park Community College

National Park Community College
National Park Community College

NPCC logo
Established 2003
Type Community college
President Dr. Sally Carder[1]
Academic staff 98
Students 3,000
Location Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
34°30′45″N 93°07′08″W / 34.51259°N 93.11875°W / 34.51259; -93.11875
Former names Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute
Website http://www.npcc.edu

National Park Community College is a two-year institution of higher learning located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. NPCC was founded in 2003 as a result of a merger between Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute, which had been established in 1973 and 1969, respectively.[2] It is one of the state's largest community colleges, enrolling 3,000 students annually in credit programs and an additional 3,800 students in non-credit programs. The name of the college is derived from its location adjacent to Hot Springs National Park.[3]

In 2006, as part of its initial capital campaign, the college received a donation of 1.5 million dollars from Frederick M. Dierks of Hot Springs, who had been associated with a business and owned timberland and produced pulp and paper, and that was sold to Weyerhaeuser in 1969.[4][5] This was the largest cash donation in the history of Arkansas community colleges.[4] These funds were purposed for a new nursing and health sciences facility. By December 2007, the college had raised an additional $900,000 for the campaign and initiated a joint program in early-childhood and middle-school teaching with Henderson State University.[6]

Aerial map of the campus

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, NPCC assisted students displaced from their home colleges by either enrolling in its college programs or finding colleges for them to enroll in.[7]

In 1994, when it was known as Garland County Community College, the college was censured by the American Association of University Professors for failure to abide by the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and 1958 Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings.[8] As of November 2008 the censure remains in place.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Welcome from the President of NPCC". www.npcc.edu. NPCC. 2008. http://www.npcc.edu/About/president.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
  2. ^ "History of NPCC". www.npcc.edu. NPCC. 2008. http://www.npcc.edu/About/history.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
  3. ^ "NPCC changes lives--one student at a time.(National Park Community College)". ArkansasBusiness.com. 2006-09-25. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20583700_ITM. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
  4. ^ a b Arkansas Business Staff (2006-12-06). "Dierks Gives $1.5 Million to National Park Community College". ArkansasBusiness.com. http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=96392.82778.108534. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
  5. ^ Fred and Louise Dierks’ $1.5 Million Gift Allows Integration of Research Laboratories Into New Psychiatry Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences press release, July 28, 2004
  6. ^ Dasté, Holly (2007-12-05). "National Park enrollment rising 20% next semester". Hot Springs Village Voice. http://www.hsvvoice.com/news/2007/1205/News/028.html. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
  7. ^ Moritz, Robert (2005-09-07). "Arkansas colleges seeing enrollment rise in wake of hurricane". Arkansas News Bureau. http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/09/07/News/328071.html. Retrieved 2008-11-27. [dead link]
  8. ^ Committee A (1996). "Academic Freedom and Tenure: Garland County Community College (Arkansas)" (PDF). Academe. http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/41765B49-94F5-4E5F-8A41-B562CF23263C/0/NParkGarland.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
  9. ^ "Censured Administrations". American Association of University Professors. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703071545/http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/censuredadmins/. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 

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